Think Complexity
by Allen B. Downey · 23 Feb 2012 · 247pp · 43,430 words
API Design Sparse Matrices wx Applications 13. Case Study: Directed Graphs and Knots Directed Graphs Implementation Detecting Knots Knots in Wikipedia 14. Case Study: The Volunteer’s Dilemma The Prairie Dog’s Dilemma Analysis The Norms Game Results Improving the Chances A. Call for Submissions B. Reading List Index Think Complexity Allen B
Prisoner's Dilemma: John Von Neumann, Game Theory, and the Puzzle of the Bomb
by William Poundstone · 2 Jan 1993 · 323pp · 100,772 words
LAST YEARS The H-Bomb A Very Fine Tiger The Commissioner The Moment of Hope Illness Death 10 CHICKEN AND THE CUBAN MISSILE CRISIS Chicken Volunteer’s Dilemma Volunteer’s Dilemma Experiments The Cuban Missile Crisis The Madman Theory 11 MORE ON SOCIAL DILEMMAS Deadlock Stag Hunt Asymmetric Games Justifying Cooperation Howard’s Meta-Game Backward
Rationality: What It Is, Why It Seems Scarce, Why It Matters
by Steven Pinker · 14 Oct 2021 · 533pp · 125,495 words
noise in the brain but as an adaptation that makes it harder for our rivals to outguess us.4 A Non-Zero-Sum Game: The Volunteer’s Dilemma Rational actors can end up in outguessing standoffs not just in games that pit them in zero-sum competition but in ones that partly align
Gaming the Vote: Why Elections Aren't Fair (And What We Can Do About It)
by William Poundstone · 5 Feb 2008
so. The voter paradox is similar to other problems studied by game theorists. They go by such names as the "tragedy of the commons," the "volunteer's dilemma," and the "free-rider dilemma:' These describe situations where everyone shares a benefit provided enough people volunteer to perform an altruistic act ... but the shirkers
Misbehaving: The Making of Behavioral Economics
by Richard H. Thaler · 10 May 2015 · 500pp · 145,005 words
Randomized Trial.” PLOS ONE 9, no. 10: e109032. Rapoport, Anatol. 1988. “Experiments with N-Person Social Traps I: Prisoner’s Dilemma, Weak Prisoner’s Dilemma, Volunteer’s Dilemma, and Largest Number.” Journal of Conflict Resolution 32, no. 3: 457–72. Romer, David. 2006. “Do Firms Maximize? Evidence from Professional Football.” Journal of Political